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. >> i think they will call hillary clinton back. the door is also open for her former chief of staff. >> a special committee, watergate-type of investigation? if we will goow there, we have so many other issues. i think their intent is to create a >> it is a mistake. you know who's idea is to subpoena hillary clinton? dick cheney, the man who refused any executive response. i think hillary clinton would come back on her own. had, all the witnesses talked to the panel that hillary clinton had established. >> with all due respect to the parties involved, wouldn't it have been at least better if somebody had picked up the phone and said, i do not care if this is too far, you have to try. let's send somebody over, let's at least try. why wouldn't you do that? question, a natural natural inclination. you do not know that it will go on for hoursnd h seige of days. the logistics argued against it. general at this point. siegeare americans under in a terrorist attack. >> that is a good point, but if you know you cannot get there in time, it
. >> i think they will call hillary clinton back. the door is also open for her former chief of staff. >> a special committee, watergate-type of investigation? if we will goow there, we have so many other issues. i think their intent is to create a >> it is a mistake. you know who's idea is to subpoena hillary clinton? dick cheney, the man who refused any executive response. i think hillary clinton would come back on her own. had, all the witnesses talked to the panel that...
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>> i love this coming from bill clinton. bill clinton in 1995 -- let's roll the tape -- newt gingrich actually succeeded in reducing medicare. what this bill clinton do? he demagogued medicare. look at the ads and they ran, it was all about throwing granny in the snout. it worked. what did he do? nothing. he did not lift a finger -- >> obama has clearly made the same decision that clinton did in 1995. he did not speak about entitlements on the budget, which, incidentally, went to a vote in the senate and was defeated 97-0 this week. he is completely running on the following that -- americans are against it and get in the abstract, but if you touch anything in entitlements, you will lose. between now and election day, democrats will do absolutely nothing of entitlements except demagogue it. >> mark? >> let me dissent from my two colleagues. first of all, this is a republican fiasco this is not scripture, paul ryan's -- it is a political solution offered, terribly, terribly un. not only is that slot, but it will provide 1/3 of
>> i love this coming from bill clinton. bill clinton in 1995 -- let's roll the tape -- newt gingrich actually succeeded in reducing medicare. what this bill clinton do? he demagogued medicare. look at the ads and they ran, it was all about throwing granny in the snout. it worked. what did he do? nothing. he did not lift a finger -- >> obama has clearly made the same decision that clinton did in 1995. he did not speak about entitlements on the budget, which, incidentally, went to a...
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but secretary clinton was right about one thing. hundreds of thousands of cables for into the state department every day. there are all addressed to the secretary of state but also that siphoned off to other people. there were people in the department responsible for responding to those requests. theyid n respond in a timely fashion and there are consequences to that. not enough to make up for the loss of four lives, but it is not as though they ignore the situation. >> would you focus on the part of the world first? >> first of all, congress does not appropriate amount of money that the state department asked for. secondly, there were mistakes. that is what the commission -- accurately set up -- that was set to investigate. we do not ow what was in the classified part of the document. she kept urging members of congress to read that part of the document. and lastly, this is the first round of 2016, and it was obvious >> colby talking about demagoguery. that clip is the ultimate in demagoguery. at the end she says, our job is to fin
but secretary clinton was right about one thing. hundreds of thousands of cables for into the state department every day. there are all addressed to the secretary of state but also that siphoned off to other people. there were people in the department responsible for responding to those requests. theyid n respond in a timely fashion and there are consequences to that. not enough to make up for the loss of four lives, but it is not as though they ignore the situation. >> would you focus on...
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. >> let me ask you about bill clinton. george stephanopoulos asked the former president what advice he had for the current president in dealing with angry voters. >> i would like to see him say here is what i think this election is about. the only thing that matters is what we do now very give us a few more years. if we don't do better, you can vote against us and i will be on the ballot. but against us all if it is not done. >> is that good advice? >> people love ex-presidents and ex-generals. it is also clear and simple. would president clinton have done that? now. . >> it is not a bad calculation. two years from now, it will be better. we are coming out of this recession. things will be better a year- and-a-half from now. you are right, bill clinton would not have said this either. it will be better. >> he is quite a politician. >> 9.6% unemployment, what is better? >> obama has to break through the political deadlock. the public does not care whether the government is bigger and smaller. they care whether nobody takes
. >> let me ask you about bill clinton. george stephanopoulos asked the former president what advice he had for the current president in dealing with angry voters. >> i would like to see him say here is what i think this election is about. the only thing that matters is what we do now very give us a few more years. if we don't do better, you can vote against us and i will be on the ballot. but against us all if it is not done. >> is that good advice? >> people love...
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they were in the clinton administration as tricks editors of the clinton policy of really creating jobs in the most aggressive way possible. i am not -- i don't know if that works and this era as well. we had an electronic bubble of the time. but this administration has not seemed to be as focused on finding hold the avevees of the operation and perhaps penalizing -- finding a whole new avenues of job creation and perhaps penalizing industries that send jobs abroad. >> he is a very smart guidy with what the election was about. he pretends it was a message about being bipartisan and working together. he understands it was a repudiation of the shift to the left. this is a strong signal of the repositioning. bill daley is the guy who shepherded nafta up through, which is anathema to the union supporters of obama. he publicly opposed financial reform. in 2009, he criticized the administration for its low for a shift. he is a guy who represents exactly the kind of ideological could take that obama understands -- the ideological critique that obama understands it is what harm to them in novem
they were in the clinton administration as tricks editors of the clinton policy of really creating jobs in the most aggressive way possible. i am not -- i don't know if that works and this era as well. we had an electronic bubble of the time. but this administration has not seemed to be as focused on finding hold the avevees of the operation and perhaps penalizing -- finding a whole new avenues of job creation and perhaps penalizing industries that send jobs abroad. >> he is a very smart...
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bill clinton proves it. mad a better case for barack obama and joe biden and barack obama and joe biden had ever made. the other thing about bill clinton's speech is he had the ultimate line in it -- "this economy was so bad even i could not have fixed it." >> you pointed out in the opening of the show what was the worst political moment, which was the clint eastwood wasting 12 minutes of prime time when just before, you have had these truly heart rending stories -- artwarmi stoes aut te humaty of the republican challenger, and also a bio which was not shown. that was terrible. >> the reason why clinton's speech worked was because people know it was bill clinton giving that speech. so many speeches are written by someone else, and they read that way, and the public is sick of it. >> finally, predictions for the year ahead in the supreme court. >> the supreme court -- it will be a gonzoear involving the supreme court possibly striking down the voting rights act, the obstruction of gay marriage, and even weath
bill clinton proves it. mad a better case for barack obama and joe biden and barack obama and joe biden had ever made. the other thing about bill clinton's speech is he had the ultimate line in it -- "this economy was so bad even i could not have fixed it." >> you pointed out in the opening of the show what was the worst political moment, which was the clint eastwood wasting 12 minutes of prime time when just before, you have had these truly heart rending stories -- artwarmi...
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after talking to family and friends, he is begging to leave the country and he wants clinton to take him with her on a her airplane. in politics, a crisis is a terrible thing to waste. >> if these reports are true, this is a dark day for freedom and a shame for the obama administration. >> there looked like there had been a breakthrough. >> we are also encouraged by the official statement issued today by the chinese government confirming that he can apply to travel abroad for this purpose. >> chen has a fellowship at american university and expects china to clear the way to leave the country. beijing demanded e uned states apologize for keeping chen at the embassy for six days did hillary clinton has said it was an extraordinary set of stats and we don't expect it to be repeated to "wolfe street journal closed -- "the wa street journal" -- what is your take, evan? >> funny crisis. all you have to keep your eye on his u.s.-chinese relations. this guy is not the main event. the main event is just getting along with the chinese. that does not mean we have to kowtow to them, but we have
after talking to family and friends, he is begging to leave the country and he wants clinton to take him with her on a her airplane. in politics, a crisis is a terrible thing to waste. >> if these reports are true, this is a dark day for freedom and a shame for the obama administration. >> there looked like there had been a breakthrough. >> we are also encouraged by the official statement issued today by the chinese government confirming that he can apply to travel abroad for...
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think about the change from when bill clinton was present it. a 7% of americans were in favor -- of same-sex favor 27% at -- americans were in favor of same- sex marriage. a sea change in a short time. but 31 consecutive the states have voted on it and voted it down. in iowa, 2009, the supreme court unanimously ilegalize same-sex marriage. the very next year, three supreme court justices were ousted. that is the first time that has happened in iowa in 50 years. it is an explosive issue. >> how many people will go to the polling place and say, " obama is for gay marriage, i am against him"? >> it feeds a general perception of obama as dictating, particularly with angry whites, who are swing voters and a lot of these states. >> if you look at the polls, it is young people who are driving this ovehelmgly. young people don't vote as much. a lot of these laws that have passed banning gay marriage have passed in the primary time and not in the general election on, i don't know how it will play out. it is very complicated. >> it does affect older voter
think about the change from when bill clinton was present it. a 7% of americans were in favor -- of same-sex favor 27% at -- americans were in favor of same- sex marriage. a sea change in a short time. but 31 consecutive the states have voted on it and voted it down. in iowa, 2009, the supreme court unanimously ilegalize same-sex marriage. the very next year, three supreme court justices were ousted. that is the first time that has happened in iowa in 50 years. it is an explosive issue....
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. >> hillary clinton, outgoing secretary of state. but chapter would that be? >> i think it is the resurrection. this is someone who left the presidential campaign bruising and to see her potentially eight years later as the overwhelming front runner for the democratic nomination, is a remarkable comeback. >> john kerry approve for secretary of state. what are his greatest challenges? >> remaining consistent with the administration's policy. that he does not go out on his own to make his own policy. i do not see him performing the way hillary clinton performed. she was part of a team. he has wanted this job for so long. i think he will be a problem. >> i wonder if they are worried about hillary clinton. you see how great her presence has been, what a successful secretary of state she has been. any time some conservatives can, they want to take a knife to her throat, and she always turned back on them. she has emerged into an incredible force. i do not know what she does. i hope that it continues for her and us. >> her chapter is titled iowa and new hampshire. >
. >> hillary clinton, outgoing secretary of state. but chapter would that be? >> i think it is the resurrection. this is someone who left the presidential campaign bruising and to see her potentially eight years later as the overwhelming front runner for the democratic nomination, is a remarkable comeback. >> john kerry approve for secretary of state. what are his greatest challenges? >> remaining consistent with the administration's policy. that he does not go out on...
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the most popular woman in america, hillary clinton. for mitt romney to go after barack obama, he has got to go through hillary clinton, at a time when women are the holy grail of this election. t me tell you, that is not difficult, it is an impossible task for him. >> nina? >> it seems obvious to me there was a screw up at relatively low levels. not clear about what intelligence said right away to .he president d =preside certainly the vice president said at his debate that initially they had been told something different. there is no reason to send susan rice out to live. she was going to get exposed immediately. >> here is richard clark, who worked for george w. bush and president clinton and was in president reagan's administration. "mitt romney seems fixated on why washington did not know it better clarity and sooner what happened during a terrorist attack is the kind of question that comes from someone who has more experience terrorist crisis management or combat." >> i don't think americans will cast their vote based on this to t
the most popular woman in america, hillary clinton. for mitt romney to go after barack obama, he has got to go through hillary clinton, at a time when women are the holy grail of this election. t me tell you, that is not difficult, it is an impossible task for him. >> nina? >> it seems obvious to me there was a screw up at relatively low levels. not clear about what intelligence said right away to .he president d =preside certainly the vice president said at his debate that...
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in a post-clinton aide, there is nothing remarkable about this. newake a look and this, a super pac designed to lure hillary clinton into running for the presidency. james carville is on board. he said it is time for hillary legions to convert their harbor for candidacy into real grassroots organization. so it begins. it did not take long. >> these days, if you want to run for president, you have to start early. i saw these rumblings, why is she not doing anything? she did not take the full six months off. this woman does not take a break. however, every time i underestimate her ambitions, i am wrong. >> she has already waited too long. >> on the one hand, it will make no sense. she will be old, in her 70's. >> nobody said that about right in. -- reagan. >> these people are different from you and me. they operate in a different way, they think in a different way. why would sanford do it? they are just different. >> i am told, once you get the bug, it is like a virus. you cannot get rid of it. >> i know nothing of it. there is no way that jam carvi
in a post-clinton aide, there is nothing remarkable about this. newake a look and this, a super pac designed to lure hillary clinton into running for the presidency. james carville is on board. he said it is time for hillary legions to convert their harbor for candidacy into real grassroots organization. so it begins. it did not take long. >> these days, if you want to run for president, you have to start early. i saw these rumblings, why is she not doing anything? she did not take the...
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the public complained and blamed president clinton, but after a while, his numbers went up and gingrich himself has said that the budget standoff with the single most avoidable mistake as speaker. you can never be sure how these things are going to play. >> the gingrich examp is certainly instructive. was the man of the year for "time" and he plummeted to 16% favorable. that is just a little bit south of donald trump. those are really bad numbers. he never fully recovered from it. this is what the political backdrop is heading into this confrontation because the president's numbers are at the highest point at any point in the last three and a half years going back to lat 2009 during his honeymoon period. he does have a political advantage. make no mistake about it. i think some republicans understand this, but i think the core of republicans in the house what this confrontation. >> is my emails and phone calls are any indication, they are fed up with this. >> they are, but there's no one to make a deal with on the republican side. they're very divided. a lot of reblicans have been aroun
the public complained and blamed president clinton, but after a while, his numbers went up and gingrich himself has said that the budget standoff with the single most avoidable mistake as speaker. you can never be sure how these things are going to play. >> the gingrich examp is certainly instructive. was the man of the year for "time" and he plummeted to 16% favorable. that is just a little bit south of donald trump. those are really bad numbers. he never fully recovered from...
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the former head of omb under bill clinton says there is, and it means recoveries are much slower. >> if you go back to the early 1980's during the recession of president reagan -- the recession that president reagan was dealing with, there was a long lag before jobs came back. with each recession, the same thing happened. economists believe that the(+ distances are becoming more efficient. they don't hire back as quickly as they did before. there is also a normal because we have to remember the way we worked before the recession. we brought in a bubble, a state economy. in somewhat -- we were in a bubble, a fake economy. in some ways we cannot go back to that because we would be added trouble ahead. >> maybe for the first time i will disagree with something that jean cummings said. -- jeanne cummings said. we went through 25 years of uninterrupted low inflation and low unemployment. it was unprecedented. if the new normal of law or tyson's budget -- new normal laura tyson's budget is 8.5%, that is a lot of tightening. mae west said that when forced to choose between the two evils, i
the former head of omb under bill clinton says there is, and it means recoveries are much slower. >> if you go back to the early 1980's during the recession of president reagan -- the recession that president reagan was dealing with, there was a long lag before jobs came back. with each recession, the same thing happened. economists believe that the(+ distances are becoming more efficient. they don't hire back as quickly as they did before. there is also a normal because we have to...
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we balance the budget three and a half years in a row under bill clinton. each year we did, we collected at least 18.5-19% of gross domestic product. that has to be done, cuts have to be made, and increased collections have to be made. that is absolutely comparative. that is why the budget is important. e great scenes in the sta of the union -- the budget is the reality. that is the moral and fiscal statement of the country. >> the economy grew in the last quarter. does that make anybody happy? >> it is definitely an improvement. >> and it is some of the stimulus spending that some people want to acknowledge, but people with some reasonableness would say that is what happened. >> the economy to grow at 9% in earlr times und both reagan and clinton, different times. >> looks like the latest coming off in egypt and elsewhere in the middle east. >> i wish we did not have to impress on the regime that we need to change, but we tried with elections. nothing worked. >> that is it nobel laureate and egyptian pro-democracy advocate mohamed elbaradei. tens of thousa
we balance the budget three and a half years in a row under bill clinton. each year we did, we collected at least 18.5-19% of gross domestic product. that has to be done, cuts have to be made, and increased collections have to be made. that is absolutely comparative. that is why the budget is important. e great scenes in the sta of the union -- the budget is the reality. that is the moral and fiscal statement of the country. >> the economy grew in the last quarter. does that make anybody...
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you look at nixon, clinton, they got in trouble for what they did or said as individuals. this is not true of the eisenhower. in my view, the most prepared individual to go into the white house in the last century and this century. >> he had the sherman adams scandal, the great stone faced wife, with midterm elections coming, ike shoves him under the bus. >> he told richard nixon he had to get rid of him, ironically. in the end, ike had to do the dirty deed himself. every president in the modern age will face a scandal. our system is set up this way. we have checks and balances, a hot press corps, opposition parties. you are guaranteed to have scandal. mission ofoved a caia invading cuba. the bay of pigs dogs kennedy for the rest of his presidency and sets up operation mongoose to destabilize the cuban government, which may have been could plans to assassinate castro. cost the president. along comes the cuban missile crisis. he holds back and gives khrushchev a horse to ride away on. >> of was on active duty at the time, i got the message that we would go on alert. i know
you look at nixon, clinton, they got in trouble for what they did or said as individuals. this is not true of the eisenhower. in my view, the most prepared individual to go into the white house in the last century and this century. >> he had the sherman adams scandal, the great stone faced wife, with midterm elections coming, ike shoves him under the bus. >> he told richard nixon he had to get rid of him, ironically. in the end, ike had to do the dirty deed himself. every president...
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. >> during the clinton administration. >> the clinton administration pushed this. it was a mistake. i've said this many times on this show. as far as the loss of $2 billion or $4 billion, charles is right. the people who take the hit from this is shareholders, not taxpayers. >> let's revisit the debt limit issue, something we've talked about here, what, 30, 40 times? >> a fire of debt is sweeping across iowa and the nation, and every day that we fail to act, that gets closer to the homes and the children will love. >> my simple principle of cuts and reforms is greater than the debt limit increase. this is the only avenue i see rit now to force the elected leadership of this country to solve our structural, fiscal and bounds. -- inbalance. >> the united states is expected to -- we had the debate this summer and i bet we will have it again this summer. voters will really enjoyed the debate this time around, nina. >> i am like the voters, i am not going to enjoy it at all. the plan in he hse has bee rejected even by republicans in the senate. we are playing with fire
. >> during the clinton administration. >> the clinton administration pushed this. it was a mistake. i've said this many times on this show. as far as the loss of $2 billion or $4 billion, charles is right. the people who take the hit from this is shareholders, not taxpayers. >> let's revisit the debt limit issue, something we've talked about here, what, 30, 40 times? >> a fire of debt is sweeping across iowa and the nation, and every day that we fail to act, that gets...
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he worked for tip o'neill in the 1970's and 1980's, and was clinton's: the director in the 1990's. evan, what does this tell us about the physical fights ahead? >> the good news is that he knows washington bit bad news is that he will do exactly what obama tls him, and from all indications, obama will not do much about fiscal restraint. >> nina, your sense of jack lew and what lies ahead? >> i think i agree with evan, but lew really does know the budget numbers. he did this in the clinton administration when we had a surplus, as the white house points out over and over again. jeff sessions in the senate is saying no way, and one senator can make a lot of trouble, but i cannot tell whether it is a lot of bluster or not this point. >> colby, aren't most of the battle's going to be between the white house and capitol hill? dozens, with deep congressional experience bring a certain strength -- doesn't somebody would seek congressional expense bring a certain strength? >> yeah. i worked for two treasury secretaries, and jack lew is the type of person you want at that job. there is work
he worked for tip o'neill in the 1970's and 1980's, and was clinton's: the director in the 1990's. evan, what does this tell us about the physical fights ahead? >> the good news is that he knows washington bit bad news is that he will do exactly what obama tls him, and from all indications, obama will not do much about fiscal restraint. >> nina, your sense of jack lew and what lies ahead? >> i think i agree with evan, but lew really does know the budget numbers. he did this in...
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reagann and clinton 01 strong reelection campaigns. the president whose numbers were higher than obama now was george herbert walker bush. august's of the year before an election is not the best time to predict. there is a lot that can happen, and i am not ready for. perry -- for rickerry >> remember when we were predicting that rudy giuliani and hillary clinton would be th nominees? >> the thing about george herbert walker bush is that he got a republican challenge in pat buchanan, who made him spend time and energy treasury paid by the time he got the nomination, it was not -- >> i am trying to think of mark in cowboy boots at the inaugural. >> looks like gaddafi is finished in libya. >> there is no way back for the gaddafi regime, and many of its key members are on the right. >> i wish i could talk like that. that is william hague, british foreign secretary. looks like the rebels have won. evan, who can take credit? >> everybody will until it turns bad. i been a critic of the obama administration for working ---- intervening on this
reagann and clinton 01 strong reelection campaigns. the president whose numbers were higher than obama now was george herbert walker bush. august's of the year before an election is not the best time to predict. there is a lot that can happen, and i am not ready for. perry -- for rickerry >> remember when we were predicting that rudy giuliani and hillary clinton would be th nominees? >> the thing about george herbert walker bush is that he got a republican challenge in pat buchanan,...
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posture at this point. -- better than clinton's at this point. >> but anything you say now about what will happen in two years is foolhardy. but i want to say one thing about the budget that did not get passed, the omnibus bill. we talked a lot about passing a huge tax cut because we have to know what kind of tax cuts we have. but these agencies, including the defense department, don't know how much money they have got. and there was a christmas party at the department of justice and people were really worried about this. these are people who do not know exactly -- >> democrats have control the house, control the senate, control of the white house for a year, did not pass a single appropriations bill. whose fault is that? >> i'm just saying -- >> charles knows that blame is enough to go around. i want to point out that the congressional job rating -- the purpose in a poll is to make of a president look good. -- make every president look good. and to make the united nations look effective. [laughter] that is reaeay the purpose it serves. >> let me get serious for one second. there is n
posture at this point. -- better than clinton's at this point. >> but anything you say now about what will happen in two years is foolhardy. but i want to say one thing about the budget that did not get passed, the omnibus bill. we talked a lot about passing a huge tax cut because we have to know what kind of tax cuts we have. but these agencies, including the defense department, don't know how much money they have got. and there was a christmas party at the department of justice and...
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secretary of state and i clinton recovering from a major health scare and a preview of the president's new cabinet. forget the politicians. invite this young man. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> happy new year. the good news is we did not go over the fiscal cliff, not quite, not without controversy. as we approach the end of the year, the speaker of the house confront the the majority leader and urged them to perform an anatomically improbable act upon himself. this is wh passes for frugality in our nation's capital. of course, they got the work done, but it displeased republicans looking for spending cuts, not tax hikes. >> i think it was a lousy deal. it raise taxes about $620 million and it will hurt the economy and kill jobs. >> this is just one step in the broader effort to broader opportunity for everyone. >> president obama and the new republican senatorrom tex, ted cruz. contrary to what you have heard, we did not face up to an economic crisis. all they did was go through another political crisis. but try to pick the winners and losers of th
secretary of state and i clinton recovering from a major health scare and a preview of the president's new cabinet. forget the politicians. invite this young man. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> happy new year. the good news is we did not go over the fiscal cliff, not quite, not without controversy. as we approach the end of the year, the speaker of the house confront the the majority leader and urged them to perform an anatomically improbable act upon...
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[laughter] >> i am reminded of the clinton senio." >> the consensus of the chattering classes is that it was undignified, up but we are all old. i thought was kind of funny, i am a sure it did appeal to young people. >> old? cries of condescension to young people. i know the ad doesn't appeal to our demographic, and i was scratching my head away evan was -- >> not an ad. >> i guess one thing to play the saxophone -- it is one thing to play the saxophone great talking about student loans in that context? i agree, ideas and the like -- it is a little like nixon on "laugh in." >> it was a campaign -- >> he didn't argue -- >> this is a takeoff on his argument for his position. the question is, is this one as appropriate as potent going on bill clinton going on after his and this nominating speech of michael dukak, maybe not the best hour and half of his life. >> mike it is about t -- but it is about the youth vote. according to a recent poll, only 61% of 18-to-29 voters are registered, only 46% say they. there is and -- they are going to. there is an enthusiasm gap. >> because they are yo
[laughter] >> i am reminded of the clinton senio." >> the consensus of the chattering classes is that it was undignified, up but we are all old. i thought was kind of funny, i am a sure it did appeal to young people. >> old? cries of condescension to young people. i know the ad doesn't appeal to our demographic, and i was scratching my head away evan was -- >> not an ad. >> i guess one thing to play the saxophone -- it is one thing to play the saxophone great...
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"romney reminds you of the guy who fired tear." -- fired you." >> romney is not going to be at the clinton who feels your pain. he is not a great politician. but one of the reasons there is the stereotypes - it did not come out of nowhere -- it came out of tens of millions of dollars of ads by the obama campaign about how he handled people at bain capital. the essence of this is the other series of ads, which say that he wants to reduce taxes on the rich. romney has protested that that is not true, that he wants to reduce the tax rates on the rich. but he is committed in the reform to making sure that the share of taxes paid by the rich will not change. he it said that in interviews, but he never spelled out in a speech in a way that would get attention. the meme is that he wants to cut taxes on the rich, but the policy is that he would not. he has never actually stood up and explain it in a way that would have to command response and attention. >> there actually is away. -- a way. it is not too late. true tax reform has the effect of lowering tax rates for everybody, but all these special
"romney reminds you of the guy who fired tear." -- fired you." >> romney is not going to be at the clinton who feels your pain. he is not a great politician. but one of the reasons there is the stereotypes - it did not come out of nowhere -- it came out of tens of millions of dollars of ads by the obama campaign about how he handled people at bain capital. the essence of this is the other series of ads, which say that he wants to reduce taxes on the rich. romney has...
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. >> we went through this in 1996 with bill clinton as president and newt gingrich as speaker of the house. how did we get to this point again, evan? >> we never learned. most of the country does not want this to happen, but the voters and a district that elected the tea party people do want it to happen. that the book group of congressmen are under pressure from their voters to shut it down -- that little group of congressmen are under pressure from their borders to shut it down. >> colby? >> that is one-sided. the other side has pressure, the ideological side, the democrats who say we don't want riders in the bill. you have an ideological clash there along with the clash over spending. >> nina? >> it is insane to be having this fight over social policy riders instead of the budget. in the last analysis, that is what it comes down to. does anybody doubt that if you put this to a vote in both houses and there were no requirement from the leadership that they stay with the party line that there could be a budg psed without the riders? absolutely, because there are enough but republica
. >> we went through this in 1996 with bill clinton as president and newt gingrich as speaker of the house. how did we get to this point again, evan? >> we never learned. most of the country does not want this to happen, but the voters and a district that elected the tea party people do want it to happen. that the book group of congressmen are under pressure from their voters to shut it down -- that little group of congressmen are under pressure from their borders to shut it down....
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the request of a republican is a guy named ted nugent, who famously said, " barack obama and hillary clinton --" ama- he's a piece of this is a family show. "i will make him stop on my machine gun." this guy is ther at the request of the steve stockman of texas bank. what else will they do? >> apparently he behaved -- >> i thought one of the more interesting things about watching the state of the union was watching how uncomfortable john boehner looked behind him. and now, periodically -- >> boehner has an uncomfortable job. >> i think the president missed a great opportunity a couple of year ago. with the brouhaha in the supreme court, i'm going to ask you not to stand up. if we eliminated that from the state of the union, it would be over in 40 minutes. an think it has become artificial up and down. with the sequestration, we're talking about real hits. head start for the most disadvantaged kids being cut, women and children on low income, health re pns bng cut. >> i would like to improve on mark's suggestion about the state of the union, and we go all the way back to jefferson, who abolis
the request of a republican is a guy named ted nugent, who famously said, " barack obama and hillary clinton --" ama- he's a piece of this is a family show. "i will make him stop on my machine gun." this guy is ther at the request of the steve stockman of texas bank. what else will they do? >> apparently he behaved -- >> i thought one of the more interesting things about watching the state of the union was watching how uncomfortable john boehner looked behind...
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clinton's statement, which opened the show, actually did denounce what was going on in syria. but you know, secretaries of state always do these sort of little formal dances that do not mean a lot. but i think, probably, any administration would realize that there is a limit to what we can do about syria. you do not want to get so far out there that you are involved in saving that you cannot do something about. >> well, we are involved in libya, sending drones in now. >> there we have some capacity. some of the towns, did not think it was a great idea to get involved there either. but at least we have some capacity. in syria, we do not have much of a capacity. >> i am envious. i wish i was as sure of anything as charles is of everything. most important -- >> and i looked so young. >> the most urgent priority that we have is to find jobs somehow, not simply for americans, which is an urgent priority, but for young egyptians. that is going to determine whether, in fact, if this revolution is going to take root and take a positive development. that is the key. i mean, libya, to m
clinton's statement, which opened the show, actually did denounce what was going on in syria. but you know, secretaries of state always do these sort of little formal dances that do not mean a lot. but i think, probably, any administration would realize that there is a limit to what we can do about syria. you do not want to get so far out there that you are involved in saving that you cannot do something about. >> well, we are involved in libya, sending drones in now. >> there we...
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>> you really have to notice here that president clinton built up fema, the bush administration took it apart and then paid the price after katrina, and this president put it back up again and what not political people in, and it is paying off this week, it really is paying off. >> colby? >> it also draws a sharp contrast between the two candidates. here you have president obama citing fema as the vehicle to coordinate the federal effort, and you had mitt romney last year on the campaign saying he would get rid of fema, he would turn the responsibilities back to the states, showing no appreciation for the role that fema place. >> this is a nightmare for political candidate romney. >> it is, especially if you are going after swing votes, woman voters in ohio, the so-called waitress a vote. they want a president who will care for them and be a guardian. this is an ad for a president who worries about you. it is terrible for romney. it stopped his momentum. maybe the polls or all wrong and romney is going to win anyway, but if you looking at the polls right now, obama has got it. >> did
>> you really have to notice here that president clinton built up fema, the bush administration took it apart and then paid the price after katrina, and this president put it back up again and what not political people in, and it is paying off this week, it really is paying off. >> colby? >> it also draws a sharp contrast between the two candidates. here you have president obama citing fema as the vehicle to coordinate the federal effort, and you had mitt romney last year on...
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a vice president hillary clinton and secretary of state joe biden? >> i have no reason for doing anything other than dismissing the story and moving on. >> secretary of state responding to recent comments by bob woodward that a job swap with the ce-president joe biden prior to the 2012 election is on the table at the white house. this rumor has been floating around for months, colby. >> but robert gibbs knocked it down pretty hard, the press secretary, this week. i suspect we will not find the principals talk about this, but friends of hillary, who probably have a good idea. that is where it will stay. i don't think they are close to talking seriously about this. >> what do you think, mark? >> when speculation like this, which is always speculation, starts, part since see the vice president as a liability, like with a dan quayle. but that is inside baseball, and a reflection more of the problems with presidential candidates, and that's what this reflects. i don't think it is real. i think it is washington kind of chatter. but if, in fact -- unempymen
a vice president hillary clinton and secretary of state joe biden? >> i have no reason for doing anything other than dismissing the story and moving on. >> secretary of state responding to recent comments by bob woodward that a job swap with the ce-president joe biden prior to the 2012 election is on the table at the white house. this rumor has been floating around for months, colby. >> but robert gibbs knocked it down pretty hard, the press secretary, this week. i suspect we...
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people laugh at doe clinton, but his ability to identify with the suffering and the answer to the anxiety was a very important point. >> romney should be able to hit it out of the park with these numbers, it seems to me. >> the real problem obama has is one mark said. he should say that things are improving, but when the numbers came out for may, he could not say that anymore. you could say that over the winter. unseasonably high employment. now with the may numbers -- what he is saying instead it, we have got headwinds. it is not meet, it is europe, whenever. -- whatever. the president is not the one who shape the economy at least in the short run. some of them last into presidencies way after them. but that is how we win elections. john mccain did not have a snowball's chance in hell. the economy is stuck and obama cannot argue a it is improving. >> it is and not talk and we are not in a recession -- not stuck we're not in recession. >> the ultimate example -- >> you cannot deny -- >> the ultimate point of what charles was saying is that there was a focus group with a woman who voted fo
people laugh at doe clinton, but his ability to identify with the suffering and the answer to the anxiety was a very important point. >> romney should be able to hit it out of the park with these numbers, it seems to me. >> the real problem obama has is one mark said. he should say that things are improving, but when the numbers came out for may, he could not say that anymore. you could say that over the winter. unseasonably high employment. now with the may numbers -- what he is...
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. >> hilary clinton is the most admired woman, behind palin and oprah. if not palin, who? mitt romney? >> if -- is she the candidate? i think her chances of being this are small. if you talk to republicans, i don't think there are one in three who will say she has a chance at the nomination. she has a strong constituency. outside of that, she is rather weak. >> she has no chance of winning a general election. why would you want a candidate who will lose against a vulnerable democrat? >> in 2008 they thought she was qualified. >> a half-term governor? >> we see voices high in the party who say this. theyay, it started with joe scarborough. he said, call her out. she is unqualified. they ahvhave responded seeing te poll numbers. she is trying to defend herself and round out the public image. >> here is what i don't understand. she ran with a 72 year old man with a history of skin cancer. she could have been president. if she was qualified in 2008 -- >> there is a diabolical scenario. there is s s much dissatisfactin that a third party may run, like bloomberg. if he runs, it
. >> hilary clinton is the most admired woman, behind palin and oprah. if not palin, who? mitt romney? >> if -- is she the candidate? i think her chances of being this are small. if you talk to republicans, i don't think there are one in three who will say she has a chance at the nomination. she has a strong constituency. outside of that, she is rather weak. >> she has no chance of winning a general election. why would you want a candidate who will lose against a vulnerable...
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." >> bill clinton was president. >> i did not hear him give a tip o'neill credit for ronald reagan's revolution in any way. what gas wo -- what gas w at its highe i 2008, but the democrats exploit it politically? you better believe it. if gas prices are high in 2012, you better believe republicans exploit it. >> can the president win if gasoline is $5 a gallon? >> it will hurt his chances. we lose a big question. generally, the two numbers that tell the most on election day is the -- and pulled the unemployment a -- were at a price of gasoline. it -- the unemployment number and the price of gasoline. it takes money out of your paycheck. it has an indirect effect because it slows the economy. it is attacks on the economy, it ends up in the pockets of saudis and russians. it has the secondary effect on unemployment. in that sense, if it begins to rise and depresses the economic recovery, that is the most important element. >> is it not true that when ronald reagan was running for reelection, the price of gas also went up, and he won? when george w. bush was running for reelection, the
." >> bill clinton was president. >> i did not hear him give a tip o'neill credit for ronald reagan's revolution in any way. what gas wo -- what gas w at its highe i 2008, but the democrats exploit it politically? you better believe it. if gas prices are high in 2012, you better believe republicans exploit it. >> can the president win if gasoline is $5 a gallon? >> it will hurt his chances. we lose a big question. generally, the two numbers that tell the most on...
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. >> sound like he was running for secretary of state to succeed hillary clinton. >> he agreed with him on a afghanistan, iraq, iran. he was trying to tone down and become residential -- i don't know if that was the case. he was set back on his heels by obama's direct challenge him. i know that he looked presidential at all. -- i don't think he looked presidential at all. he was captive to his talking points and once he got off the talking points, all he could do wathere. >> he said a lot of nasty things in the primary process that russia is our biggest enemy, sounding like he wanted to bomb iran tomorrow, trade was with china on day one. thank god he was pulling back on all that stuff to the was the red meat he was feeding the right -- >> how do we know which mitt is mitt? it really is astonishing. to listen to that foreign policy and unseeded, which was just -- forieng policy enunciated, which was just a mirror, and then to look back to what he said it weeks ago, it makes you wonder what he really wants to do as president. >> he wants to be president. [laughter] >> he is full of mitt,
. >> sound like he was running for secretary of state to succeed hillary clinton. >> he agreed with him on a afghanistan, iraq, iran. he was trying to tone down and become residential -- i don't know if that was the case. he was set back on his heels by obama's direct challenge him. i know that he looked presidential at all. -- i don't think he looked presidential at all. he was captive to his talking points and once he got off the talking points, all he could do wathere. >>...
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blood literally running in the streets, was something that -- nobody wanted to stand by the way bill clinton's administration stood by and came to regret it. >> the health-care law passed a year ago this week. a progress report. >> after a century of striving, a year of debate, a historic vote, health care reform is no longer and on that promise. it is the law of the land. >> that was the president obama on march 23 after the law passed. states had sued the obama administration to block implementation of the law. they argue that the individual mandate is unconstitutional. neeina, when will this go to the supreme court? >> in the late fall at the earliest, and be decided in 2012. >> which way? >> i'm not 100% sure. i do know this -- the one group of people that is accepted that is going to happen, and i am the only person here who lives with this every day by marriage, our doctors and hospitals. they are preparing. they are preparing to change the whole system every dramatically. some of them are scared, some of them are looking forward to it, but they are preparing. >> you asked which way it g
blood literally running in the streets, was something that -- nobody wanted to stand by the way bill clinton's administration stood by and came to regret it. >> the health-care law passed a year ago this week. a progress report. >> after a century of striving, a year of debate, a historic vote, health care reform is no longer and on that promise. it is the law of the land. >> that was the president obama on march 23 after the law passed. states had sued the obama...
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laughter] >> 18 years ago after newt gingrich said republicans had taken over congress, president bill clinton famously said, the president is still relevant here. we were reminded of that moment this week at obama's news conference when an abc correspondent asked the president if he still had the juice to get the rest of it agenda through congress. the president paraphrase mark twain in saying that the rumors demise might be- exaggerated, and then added this. >> you seem to suggest somehow these folks over there have no responsibilities and that my job is to somehow get them to behave. that is their job. >> the president thought it was a gunss's job to pass controbill, the senate failed to do so. he is struggling to get something done and immigration. heat fromng republicans on everything from bed gauzy to syria and he cannot shut down guantanamo bay, but the voters still like him. and the unemployment rate, we learned at week's end, dropped to 7.5%, heat from republicans a seven-week low. charles krauthammer is off this week. in his column he says that the president is dead in the water. how
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of the national economic council panel they took a $237 billion offering surplus inherited from the clinton administration and left us with a $1.30 trillion deficit in the process quadrupled the national debt all before we literally turned on the lights in the west wing. >> the vice president wants us to look back to the previous administration. what theoterhear this week is that on president obama's watch, sales of new homes plunged in july and sales of existing homes dropped more than 27% and that is a record. >> it is. i think john behner is now hoping there will be economic recovery in this country and that we will get unemployment down to 4% he hopes to get the manufacturing sector going. he wants to see economic recovery more than anything in the world. do you believe that? this is good news for republicans. they want to keep it just like it is through the election. >> the gdp was much lower than expected, 1.6%. >> this has been an awful week. you are getting a return of fear. what we had for a year-and-a- half is bad economic conditions which hurt incumbents. we had a panic in 2008 w
of the national economic council panel they took a $237 billion offering surplus inherited from the clinton administration and left us with a $1.30 trillion deficit in the process quadrupled the national debt all before we literally turned on the lights in the west wing. >> the vice president wants us to look back to the previous administration. what theoterhear this week is that on president obama's watch, sales of new homes plunged in july and sales of existing homes dropped more than...
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he chased clinton all the way to the nomination, winning late race is not the nomination. it is possible that santorum, the only reason he would do it, is to reestablish himself as a force in the party. in the end, he is extremely unlikely to win the nomination . still, he has a goal, and he becomes a logical front runner, or at least a strong candidate come in the next cycle. >> does romney have to offer him the no. 2 position? >> i don't think it is ever going to happen. santorum at this week said that obama would be preferable to romney -- >> i think he is right. [laughter] >> congressman paul ryan has a new budget. >> in order to keep the commit to the current seniors, you need toeforit tthe xt generation. >> they don't believe in medicare and the bank act on their beliefs, the republicans in do. -- and the they act on their beliefs, the republicans to . >> is it reforming it for the next generation or allowing it to wither on the vine? >> it is a political document. he changed his proposal from last year, the one that newt gingrich labeled the right-wing social engine
he chased clinton all the way to the nomination, winning late race is not the nomination. it is possible that santorum, the only reason he would do it, is to reestablish himself as a force in the party. in the end, he is extremely unlikely to win the nomination . still, he has a goal, and he becomes a logical front runner, or at least a strong candidate come in the next cycle. >> does romney have to offer him the no. 2 position? >> i don't think it is ever going to happen. santorum...
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bill clinton. >> there is this problem of the recession and how much cutting you want to do during the recession and what that does defeat rea recession. >> let's talk about republican presidential politics. what are the polls telling us? >> mitt romney has had is an enthusiastic and be all the way through, but said in a place this change -- mitt romney had this unenthusiastic lead all the way through, but second place has changed all the time. it was donald trump, then herman cain, pizza fellow, and now it is michele bachmann. she had an interesting week. she handled it charges of the migraine headaches a very well, very responsive. she never played the victim's car. she never attacked the press for raising this. she showed herself to be quite adept on the first time they went negative on her. >> they are coming after her husband because of this clinic he runs where he claims he can convince a people to become straight -- convince gay people to become straight. >> i will put a cautionary note on how she handled it. >> ok. >> for those of you who remember a long time ago when paul tson
bill clinton. >> there is this problem of the recession and how much cutting you want to do during the recession and what that does defeat rea recession. >> let's talk about republican presidential politics. what are the polls telling us? >> mitt romney has had is an enthusiastic and be all the way through, but said in a place this change -- mitt romney had this unenthusiastic lead all the way through, but second place has changed all the time. it was donald trump, then herman...
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>> excuse me -- >> come to you and said -- >> didn't president clinton had a chance to pull the trigger? >> the decisions he made a leading up to bin laden were the most difficult and gutsiest he had seen from any president. on what charles said about libya, certainly we would get a better position if, after the attack, he had gone and gotten a resolution from congress approving that. it shows the wisdom of doing that when you still got some support. by charles had a very thoughtful column about this whole issue -- column.es' [unintelligible] >> with that kind of endorsement, i may have to reconsider. >> the president received from congress a resolution that calls for regime change in iraq. that was already on the table. you have to give the bushes crit on this. there is no excuse for the obama administration to take a position they they are taking on libya that is not hostilities. >>the issue is can they go in fr humanitarian reasons? if you are going to go into a theatre of war, they et de at to get the congress -- to sign congress -- they had to get congress to sign off. >> i think t
>> excuse me -- >> come to you and said -- >> didn't president clinton had a chance to pull the trigger? >> the decisions he made a leading up to bin laden were the most difficult and gutsiest he had seen from any president. on what charles said about libya, certainly we would get a better position if, after the attack, he had gone and gotten a resolution from congress approving that. it shows the wisdom of doing that when you still got some support. by charles had a...
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before the war, the clinton administration was attacked relentlessly. thousands of iraqis were dying because of the embargo, especially iraqi children, tens of thousands. if you want to make a tally of their losses, you have to remember what the situation was at the time. secondly, as the criteria of iraq never attacking us, they did not attack us and the gulf war either. ey iaded kuwait. uld u have said the gulf war was a mistake? >>no. >> that is not a criteria you decide you go to war. lastly, the president making this speech could never have made that speech ending our mission with relative success had the search not occurred. the president opposed it. senator biden opposed it. my colleagues opposed it at the time. we shoulof h a dlomatic source. the obama administration must after one charge, a diplomatic mission to establish a new government. it has failed entirely in doing that. >> you will get great arguments from the american military on the search itself and whether it was the sunni uprising and the distribution of large amounts of cash. that
before the war, the clinton administration was attacked relentlessly. thousands of iraqis were dying because of the embargo, especially iraqi children, tens of thousands. if you want to make a tally of their losses, you have to remember what the situation was at the time. secondly, as the criteria of iraq never attacking us, they did not attack us and the gulf war either. ey iaded kuwait. uld u have said the gulf war was a mistake? >>no. >> that is not a criteria you decide you go...
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this is not a guy who wander from young age like obama or clinton, who wanted to be a leader. he is the son of a president who ended up in the presidency, and he likes to come out of the limelight again and will as soon as the book tour is over. he is a decent guy, and part of the rehabilitation effort, which i think history is going to do, is the appreciation of how decent person he is and how that was sort of not overlooked but misunderstood deep into his presidency when the policies went south. >> you think history will rehabilitate him, margaret? >> he is a gracious ex- president, but he was not a good president and his legacy is killing us. i actually read the book, and it is not that decisions were made well, but made quickly. he prides himself on this. he did not make the decision to quit on katrina. that is one of his few criticisms of himself. on waterboarding, he says "damn right." why? because his lawyers told him. and how you reconcile the sickening feeling about no weapons of mass destruction with no regrets about going to war? >> i have a different feeling readin
this is not a guy who wander from young age like obama or clinton, who wanted to be a leader. he is the son of a president who ended up in the presidency, and he likes to come out of the limelight again and will as soon as the book tour is over. he is a decent guy, and part of the rehabilitation effort, which i think history is going to do, is the appreciation of how decent person he is and how that was sort of not overlooked but misunderstood deep into his presidency when the policies went...
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. >> if the right candidate comes along -- i don't know who this would be, and 1992 bill clinton type -- vulnerable is president obama? >> he is a vulnerable as long as 20% of americans think the country is headed in the right direction, unemployment is at 818%. any in common is vulnerable, -- on a planet is on 8.8%. any incumbent is a vulnerable. on this issue of donald trump, what happens is that it shaped the debate every republican has to take e stand on this. the country is concerned about jobs, economic well-being, national security, the deficit, health care. nobody even talks about this except some yahoo element in the republican party, primary voters, who want to emphasize this and go on talk shows and talk about it. donald trump is appealing to them, and he is putting this into the bloodstream and people are unfortunately not going to take republicans seriously -- >> trump is not shipping the republican debate. the republican debate is all about the budget, all about ryan, all about medicare. we are at a serious point in our history and trump is a sideshow. we have fights i s
. >> if the right candidate comes along -- i don't know who this would be, and 1992 bill clinton type -- vulnerable is president obama? >> he is a vulnerable as long as 20% of americans think the country is headed in the right direction, unemployment is at 818%. any in common is vulnerable, -- on a planet is on 8.8%. any incumbent is a vulnerable. on this issue of donald trump, what happens is that it shaped the debate every republican has to take e stand on this. the country is...
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400 earners -- wjthey richestearners -- americans pay taxes that are half what they were during the clinton administration and they are earning three times more. it is an astonishing income that we have. -- income gap we have. we know what the drivers of the deficit are, it is not just that. it is the entitlement programs and defense, third, and lastly, taxes. >> the political argument is old folks, kids over here, i corporate jets over here. -- fats cats in corporate jets over here. >> it is demagoguery. if you confiscated the wealth of the top 1000, it would not make a dent. the problem, as larry lindsey pointed out, is not that somebody is not going to get a coupon on the debt in august of this year, but that in 10 years, we' not going to be able to pay anybody anything on our debt. is that many years which is now at stake. i will give you --o he is that 0 years which is at stake. i will give you an example of the demagoguery of democrats. the proposal by a lieberman and coburn to index retirement and medicare at the way social security was in the greenspan commission of the early 1980's
400 earners -- wjthey richestearners -- americans pay taxes that are half what they were during the clinton administration and they are earning three times more. it is an astonishing income that we have. -- income gap we have. we know what the drivers of the deficit are, it is not just that. it is the entitlement programs and defense, third, and lastly, taxes. >> the political argument is old folks, kids over here, i corporate jets over here. -- fats cats in corporate jets over here....
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when this law was enacted in 1996, by overwhelming majorities, and signed by president clinton, most people did not actually think about what it meant, then it would mean such serious consequences for legally married people because there were no legally married people there. this was a we did not want there to be legally married people law. >> this is the example of the ,isdom of peter finlay done the supreme court follows election returns. there has been a seachange in american opinion opinion and the court reflects the. >> devin? >> this is following the polls. i do not think it is more than that or less than that. i think it is the right thing for that reason. day -- they did it in effect, but i do not think they did it thoroughly. the way they did it was to say the people who file did not have standing and domer was unconstitutional because they recognize the states rights. >> charles? >> there appears to be ambiguity as to whether it is essentially state rights or would you would allow each state to decide for itself, or there is another rationality mixed in where there is const
when this law was enacted in 1996, by overwhelming majorities, and signed by president clinton, most people did not actually think about what it meant, then it would mean such serious consequences for legally married people because there were no legally married people there. this was a we did not want there to be legally married people law. >> this is the example of the ,isdom of peter finlay done the supreme court follows election returns. there has been a seachange in american opinion...
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in what israel offered in camp david in the year 2000 with clinton as the witness, the israelis offered a division of jerusalem for the first time ever. that is simply factually wrong. the israelis have offered this, and arafat would not sign. the question is would anybody sign an agreement that aepts a jewish state, and for six decades, the answer has been no. >> 2008, different administrations in both israel and the united states, and the case and the reality is you cannot have israel existing as a single state without facing demographic distraction. that will change the entire character of israel. it will repeal the jewish values that have animated israel. that is to me, the real incentive. >> you cannot make peace if the other side wants to see nothing but your eradication. if that changes, there wl be a peace. republicans engage in some self-criticism and rand paul offers an immigration plan. >> there is no one reason we lost. our message was weak. our ground game was insufficient. we were not inclusive. >> the chairman of the republican committee. why did mitt romney lose in 2012?
in what israel offered in camp david in the year 2000 with clinton as the witness, the israelis offered a division of jerusalem for the first time ever. that is simply factually wrong. the israelis have offered this, and arafat would not sign. the question is would anybody sign an agreement that aepts a jewish state, and for six decades, the answer has been no. >> 2008, different administrations in both israel and the united states, and the case and the reality is you cannot have israel...
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you have to let the energy that reagan and clinton -- >> the problem is that he looks a little tired and a little mad. >> the way of rising out of the mike is to accuse the chamber of commerce of secretly using foreign money without a shred of evidence so that even "the new york times" points out in a news story that there is no evidence for any of that. >> let's talk about that. let's examine some of the elegant rhetoric of the campaign as the president tries to rise out of the mock. >> what opinions of late that have come from the high court to you most object to? >> oh, gosh, give me a specific one. i'm sorry. >> i cannot, because i need to know which ones you refer to. >> i'm very sorry. i note there are a lot. i will put it on my website, i promise you. >> that is christine o'donnell, running for senate in delaware. there is the controversy and the california governor's race over the use of the word "whore," there is the candidate in ohio who dresses up as a nazi and accuses his opponent of character assassination by bringing about -- [laughter] >> it was a re-enactment. he was
you have to let the energy that reagan and clinton -- >> the problem is that he looks a little tired and a little mad. >> the way of rising out of the mike is to accuse the chamber of commerce of secretly using foreign money without a shred of evidence so that even "the new york times" points out in a news story that there is no evidence for any of that. >> let's talk about that. let's examine some of the elegant rhetoric of the campaign as the president tries to...
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president clinton decided to get rid of that. we paid a price ever since. >> what happened to the conservative banker in the three piece suit? he wants to know how much money -- >> nobody can get money riht w. >> he died in dubuque in 1952. >> small banks have been taken over by the larger regional banks and multinational banks. you have banks acting as investment institutions. it is difficult for the sound principles of banking to be a observed. outrageous thing that's happened -- >> more bad news for obama. the romney campaign will finda way to talk about it as see, this stuff is still going on even though we build the bank's out. i bet another story would get more traction -- >> "washington post" -- >> did an investigation found that bain capital supported companies with outsourcing and outsourced hundreds of thousands of jobs and that will cause romney a huge credit. >> the person who answers the phone in india could be from bain capital. charles? >> on the issue of banks,he bankaid ropean exposure and it is not even agreed p
president clinton decided to get rid of that. we paid a price ever since. >> what happened to the conservative banker in the three piece suit? he wants to know how much money -- >> nobody can get money riht w. >> he died in dubuque in 1952. >> small banks have been taken over by the larger regional banks and multinational banks. you have banks acting as investment institutions. it is difficult for the sound principles of banking to be a observed. outrageous thing that's...
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the bush administration deserves credit, the clinton administration deserves credit. this infrastructure grow over time, but the president made a spectacular and gutsy choices, including to bring an extra helicopter so it would not turn now like carter. that turned out to be important. >> mark? >> no more professor-in-chief instead of commander in chief, no more nuanced and cerebral. norman schwarzkopf said it not the courage to -- it does not take courage to send troops into battle. the decision of the week was to not make available the photographs, despite the demands and importuning out a so many people. that is where he showed real leadership. >> even al qaeda admitted he is dead. what if the operation had failed, colby? >> think of jimmy carter and rescue attempt at they made. it is hard to imagine the consequences being anything other than disastrous for him. that is another reason he deserves great credit, because they took a real risk of their. they were not 100% certain that bin laden was there, according to leon panetta. 60-80% sure, but they did not have an
the bush administration deserves credit, the clinton administration deserves credit. this infrastructure grow over time, but the president made a spectacular and gutsy choices, including to bring an extra helicopter so it would not turn now like carter. that turned out to be important. >> mark? >> no more professor-in-chief instead of commander in chief, no more nuanced and cerebral. norman schwarzkopf said it not the courage to -- it does not take courage to send troops into...
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. >> visit draws hillary clinton into this and puts yourriend or prince on it. herut her in her prints -- fingerprints on it. >> sounded like use trying to blame congress for not passing funding for increasing security. what did we learn from the e- mails? >> we learned there was a turf war. they should not surprise us. the cia and state department are fighting with each other. i think this is much ado about not much. politicsre was some involved but i do not see a scandal. havee of our panelists written we have evidence of a cover-up of a cover-up. would somebody explain to me what crime is being covered up? the west -- worst part of this. unlike in watergate where there was a crime, with the state department wanted to do was to obscure the idea it had neglect did the warnings about the security that would -- there was a memo before the attack, libya saying we have to have help. there is also a question of nothing in done, no attempted rescue and the idea that somehow help would not have arrived in time. to arrive inoing time. you do not know it is going to be
. >> visit draws hillary clinton into this and puts yourriend or prince on it. herut her in her prints -- fingerprints on it. >> sounded like use trying to blame congress for not passing funding for increasing security. what did we learn from the e- mails? >> we learned there was a turf war. they should not surprise us. the cia and state department are fighting with each other. i think this is much ado about not much. politicsre was some involved but i do not see a scandal....
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. >> i have news for you -- the current democratic president is called obama, not clinton. >> but you are asking him to undo in three years what bush did for eight years. >> when the president goes on television, as he did on monday of last week, to redress our crisis, and starch with -- starts with "george bush," your eyes will. he has been in office for three years. take responsibility. be a grown up here you have run america on growth and change for three years, and what did you get? a growth rate of under 3%. >> did the bush tax cuts yield anything? >> [unintelligible] >> republicans are still fighting to keep the bush tax cuts. >> the 1984 campaign of ronald reagan in his reelection. in every of the statement, he was running against the kaiser mondale policies. he did not hesitate to run a rerun. the campaign of 1980. you know, the idea that nobody should mention -- george bush has been the most circumspect for president in our history. he has taken away any target that the democrats might have, much to their regret and chagrin, but i think reality is that this was not the first
. >> i have news for you -- the current democratic president is called obama, not clinton. >> but you are asking him to undo in three years what bush did for eight years. >> when the president goes on television, as he did on monday of last week, to redress our crisis, and starch with -- starts with "george bush," your eyes will. he has been in office for three years. take responsibility. be a grown up here you have run america on growth and change for three years,...
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the clinton administration got authorization from the congress for regime change in iraq. a democratic congress gave authorization for regime change. >> to brooks friday morning -- what we are looking at is a wave of sectarian violence across the middle east. you crocker suggested if get involved, we could make matters worse. >> the cross courts are remarkable. that may make -- crosscurrents are remarkable. it may make point. i'm not quite prepared to call colin powell, who was an honorable soldier, commander and high officer in our government, a liar who dissembled to the american people. i am not quite prepared -- that is exactly what you had said. >> i said the secretary of defense and the vice president. >> the secretary of state is the one who made the case in the u.s.. i do not believe he was a liar. on the issue of what is happening on the ground, in syria you are getting a vast sunni-shiite war. it is like the spanish civil war -- all of the outsiders are coming in, except there is no one coming in on the side of the people close to iran and the .hiites obama had s
the clinton administration got authorization from the congress for regime change in iraq. a democratic congress gave authorization for regime change. >> to brooks friday morning -- what we are looking at is a wave of sectarian violence across the middle east. you crocker suggested if get involved, we could make matters worse. >> the cross courts are remarkable. that may make -- crosscurrents are remarkable. it may make point. i'm not quite prepared to call colin powell, who was an...
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. >> clinton raised taxes and create jobs. >> charles? >> where do you start? >> any weight you like. >> the joint committee on tax reports that 53% of small business income will be affected by it in taxes. obama himself, in 2010, when he agreed with mitch mcconnell to keep tax rates where they are, said many times, you don't raise taxes in a recession. we are not technically in a recession, but we're clearly in a stagnant economy. that is to " obama himself on the street when it pleases him politically, he says, "i will not raise taxes." what he needs it, he will say the opposite. the point is, even if you had these tax hikes, it would raise the maximum of $8 billion a year. we have a $1.30 trillion deficit. it is a distraction, shiny object you're putting over here. if you want to attack the deficit, you have to do it with spending cuts, tax reform, an entitlement reform, and if you want it in taxation, it will have to be across the board. you cannot do it and have any effect on the debt by doing it only on the top 2%. >> margaret mentioned the fact that i us
. >> clinton raised taxes and create jobs. >> charles? >> where do you start? >> any weight you like. >> the joint committee on tax reports that 53% of small business income will be affected by it in taxes. obama himself, in 2010, when he agreed with mitch mcconnell to keep tax rates where they are, said many times, you don't raise taxes in a recession. we are not technically in a recession, but we're clearly in a stagnant economy. that is to " obama himself...